by David Jackson, USA TODAY

by David Jackson, USA TODAY

It doesn't sound like Facebook is satisfied by President Obama's explanation of National Security Agency programs that touch on the Internet.

"While the U.S. government has taken helpful steps to reform its surveillance practices, these are simply not enough," Facebook said in a statement following Friday's meeting between Obama and Internet executives.

"People around the globe deserve to know that their information is secure and Facebook will keep urging the U.S. government to be more transparent about its practices and more protective of civil liberties," the statement said.

In addition to Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg, Obama met with Reed Hastings of Netflix, Drew Houston of Dropbox, Alexander Karp of Palantir, Aaron Levie of Box, and Eric Schmidt of Google.

Zuckerberg inspired the meeting with a Facebook post this month saying that NSA programs pose threats to privacy.

A White House statement said Obama told the executives that he is considering counterterrorism, technology and privacy in assessing possible changes to NSA programs.

"The president reiterated his administration's commitment to taking steps that can give people greater confidence that their rights are being protected while preserving important tools that keep us safe," the White House said.

"The meeting was arranged after Zuckerberg said he called Obama to express his frustration over the government's spying.

"'The U.S. government should be the champion for the Internet, not a threat,' Zuckerberg wrote in a March 13 post on his Facebook page. 'They need to be much more transparent about what they're doing, or otherwise people will believe the worst.'

"Zuckerberg's comments followed reports that the NSA may have infected computers with malware and disguised itself as a Facebook server to gain access to users' data for spying, according to documents leaked by former government contractor Edward Snowden to the online news site The Intercept.

"The meeting also preceded a March 28 deadline under which Obama is seeking recommendations to end the NSA's collection of bulk phone records. Internet companies are closely watching what Obama decides to do about the collection of bulk phone records, because the spying is done under a broad authority that could also include the interception of Internet data, said a person familiar with yesterday's gathering who wasn't authorized to speak on the record."